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mikeolearyoctober2014

Remember that day

National Poetry Day - 'Remember!'

Remember that day

Remember that day

When the sun went away

And the light left your world

Leaving misery unfurled

Remember that night

In the darkness your plight

Afraid and alone

With a silent telephone

Remember the way

That you kept at bay

The tempting call of Hades

And all those Siren Ladies

Remember now

That you still know how

To stand and be tall

In spite of it all

Mike O'Leary - October 2014

 

I take with me when I leave home

I take with me when I leave home

A pencil and pad to note all the bad things

An eraser to rub them out

A smile to remember the good things

A highlighter to point them out

A vegetarian dinner

A bottle of Shiraz, or two

A photographic memory

So I can remember you

A means of playing my music

A pair of dancing shoes

The love of a good woman

Or two, with the option to choose

A place where my heart can be happy

Without intoxication with booze

A heart that is open to giving

A mind that does not use

A box containing all the love

I have shared and received in my life

Another box, sealed and locked

Containing all my troubles and strife

A penny to keep Mr. Poverty at bay

A pound and I'll live like a king

A poem that I can rhyme 

and

A song that I can sing

Mike O'Leary - October 2014